SteinMart To Become A Bealls Outlet Store

By Gary Nager

It’s only been a few months since the SteinMart store at 16061 Tampa Palms Blvd. in the City Plaza at Tampa Palms shopping center closed, but signs recently went up on the former SteinMart location (photo, left) and along BBD announcing that the store will become a Bealls Outlet, the deeply discounted version of Bealls, the clothing and housewares giant. 

Although, at this time, it’s a complicated affiliation, Bealls was started in 1915 by Robert M. Beall and the Bealls Outlet chain, which today has 450 locations in 16 U.S. states (almost exclusively in the Sunbelt states, including more than 50 in Florida) grew out of the success of the original Bealls concept. (Note-That total number of Bealls Outlet stores includes those already open or getting ready to open as either Bealls Outlet or Burke’s Outlet.) There already is a Bealls Outlet store in our area — in the Wesley Chapel Village Market plaza at the corner of BBD and S.R. 54.

Although we don’t yet have additional info about the opening date for the Tampa Palms location (Store #315), the store is accepting applications for employment now at BeallsOutlet.com.